Reviews

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

violet_viper's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

mollyalderson's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I'm quite split on this book, and I'm quite sad about it. On the one hand, I knew the content wasn't going to be up my street (and I was still upset about that lol), but I looooved the writing style and the characterisation of characters. So it was tricky, because, although I really struggled with the plot, I wanted to spend all the time in the world with Aziraphale and Crowley !! Like they were the best and the sweetest, and so amazing together, chemistry off the charts. And I get that the plot serves a higher purpose, love that, totally onboard, also very scary considering how long ago it was written, but it was quite hard to follow. Soz Terry and Neil. Anyway, I would probs recommend to people who like this type of genre/thing, because it was quite good !

_alisonjoy_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

odkvchni's review

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

dnrsht's review against another edition

5.0

Hozier wrote every single song about them

conventicleofmagpies's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

abigail9317's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

cami0323's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

sashamosich's review against another edition

couldn’t really get into the writing style. felt like there was no plot. read 100 pages and felt like it wasn’t going anywhere.

esqfanny's review against another edition

3.0

This is a very entertaining book... For the most part, especially the first 200 pages or, in other words, until Saturday. After that, too many things start happening at once, existential dilemmas are solved "very easily" and interesting characters are quickly thrown under the bus because, well, spoilers ahead, it's not really THE apocalypse.
Don't get me wrong, most of it is amazingly enjoyable, especially because the tone of existential absurdity that oozes from the first half of the novel is exhilarating: a true contender for the "let's laugh we'll all die" prize, a true heir of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's humor. But it doesn't last.
I'm still wondering what ever happened to the Duke of Hell after he got out of the answering machine.
I still don't understand how, narratively speaking, the mad witchfinder and the middle aged woman got the dialogue and scene time that could have been used for a better development of the 4 horsemen (especially Death). They are just... there, you know?
I'm still mad about Adam moving his hand and suddenly The Devil no longer cares, or exists, or remembers, turning the almost fight/sacrifice pointless. Not "oh life is devoid of actual meaning let's have fun with existential absurdity" pointless, just the rushed type of pointless.
But it was fun.